RT Generic
T1 Regional and farm specialisation in Spanish agriculture before and after integration in the European Union
A1 Mora, Ricardo
A1 San Juan, Carlos
AB In this paper, we study the evolution of agricultural product specialisation at farm and county level from 1979 to 1997 in Spain, thus covering all the stages of the gradual implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. We use a multiproduct version of Theil and Finizza's index of segregation that allows us to decompose farm product specialisation into county specialisation with respect to the national level, i.e., the usual measure of regional specialisation, and farm specialisation within counties. Our results confirm the importance of increasing regional specialisation but also highlight that trends of farm specialisation within counties have varied across large agricultural areas. In particular, regions more specialised in export-oriented products seem to have speeded regional specialisation.
SN 2340-5031
YR 2001
FD 2001-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/247
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/247
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 19 may. 2024